{"id":45945,"date":"2022-05-05T10:49:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T17:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=45945"},"modified":"2022-05-05T10:49:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T17:49:55","slug":"job-fish-wildlife-biologist-washington-department-of-fish-wildlife-olympia-wa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/job-fish-wildlife-biologist-washington-department-of-fish-wildlife-olympia-wa\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Fish &amp; Wildlife Biologist, Washington Department of Fish &amp; Wildlife (Olympia, WA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-45905\"><\/span><strong>For more information, please follow this link:<\/strong>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservationjobboard.com\/job-listing-fish--wildlife-biologist-2---european-green-crab-egc-biologist---permanent---05760-22-olympia-washington\/1839188508?utm_source=ongage&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=regular\">https:\/\/www.conservationjobboard.com\/job-listing-fish&#8211;wildlife-biologist-2&#8212;european-green-crab-egc-biologist&#8212;permanent&#8212;05760-22-olympia-washington\/1839188508?utm_source=ongage&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=regular<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Salary<\/strong>&#8211; $3,987.00 &#8211; $5,229.00 Monthly<\/p>\n<p>Picture yourself providing technical consultation to landowners, businesses, agency personnel, and others on EGC-related issues and consulting with other agencies, organizations, and governmental units.<\/p>\n<p>With your experience,\u00a0you will work with lead project biologist to determine techniques and procedures, perform field investigations or research projects, and assist in preparing management\/research reports or proposals based on those activities.<\/p>\n<p>The optimal applicant\u00a0possesses at least one year of experience managing and monitoring EGC.<\/p>\n<p>You thrive on building collaboration and teamwork,\u00a0coordinating with agency partners, tribal co-managers, and other entities to conduct EGC work.<\/p>\n<p>You are excited to\u00a0organize and conduct intensive EGC removal trapping efforts in coordination with federal, state, local, tribal governments, stakeholders, and volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>We are seeking a candidate\u00a0who will support the WDFW mission of protecting, restoring, and enhancing fish and wildlife and their habitats, while providing sustainable fish and wildlife-related recreational and commercial opportunities through habitat protection and enhancement activities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duties<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our European Green Crab Biologist,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Organizes and conducts early detection, monitoring, assessments, rapid responses, control\/removal, and research trapping efforts for EGC throughout coastal intertidal and subtidal habitats using established procedures.<\/li>\n<li>Organizes and conducts surveys to determine relative abundance, distribution, and population trends of EGC.<\/li>\n<li>May operate motorized (i.e. airboats, &lt;26&gt;<\/li>\n<li>May work in and around watercrafts performing trapping strategies predetermined for subtidal efforts; incumbents may deploy various traps (i.e. shrimp, minnow, Fukui) from watercrafts, record location and return the following day to retrieve the traps manually or via a pot puller and remove and record any crabs and\/or bycatch; this process may be repeated for up to 5 days at a time.<\/li>\n<li>Develops initial reports of data collected and provides recommendations to higher level fish and wildlife staff for management actions.<\/li>\n<li>Maintains records and prepares reports, prepares detailed summary reports, and conducts higher level quality control and quality assurance on all 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mudflats.<\/li>\n<li>Potential hazards include uneven terrain, stinging vegetation and insects, biting and pinching animals, and possible encounters with wildlife.<\/li>\n<li>Usually part of a team, sometimes working independently, in remote locations (following strict call in and out procedures), during inclement weather, day and night.\n<ul>\n<li>May operate motorize (i.e. airboats, &lt;26&gt;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Schedule:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Workweek will typically be the first 40 hours of work per week (24\/7).<\/li>\n<li>May be required to occasionally exceed these hours, work outside of normal workweek during holidays and weekends, and respond on short notice to rapid response AIS emergencies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Travel Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This position requires frequent statewide travel and overnight stays up to five days at times.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tools and Equipment:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Desktops, laptops, smart phones, electronic tablets, electronic software forms, PFDs, and field gear (i.e. hip boots, xtratuffs, raingear, dry bag, frame pack).<\/li>\n<li>Complex mobile water quality laboratory, eDNA, and non-electronic biological and environmental sampling devices.<\/li>\n<li>25 foot-cargo trailer, watercrafts, flatbed trailer, winches, motor vehicles, and complex hot water trailered and hand-pushed pressure washers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Customer Interactions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Interacts with the public on a regular basis while conducting fieldwork.<\/li>\n<li>Occasionally confronted by citizens that are non-compliant or not cooperative.<\/li>\n<li>Coordinates regularly with tribal co-managers and works on tribal lands.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Closely related qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-by-year basis.<\/p>\n<p>OR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A Bachelor\u2019s Degree in one of the 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